That first set seemed to be won entirely with defense. There was one game where Rafa showed some brilliant offense. I'd love to see some more of that, but he only really needs small doses of it to come through.

hehe, dont worry taz, Im watching the game, Nadals was really aggresive in that breakpoint. And maybe too aggresive in the next one. He looks a little impatient out there. Soderling has to be one the most enigmatic players ever. Dude plays terrible in that 0/40, and then plays a perfect game to win it. He looks so mentally unstable. Sometimes so cold, sometimes so weak.

I like Soderling but ... really, he's not playing v. smart. Only because I think he's letting a few points get away from him by assuming that the ball is not coming back over the net or by assuming that the ball is going out ... like, hello. This is Nadal you're playing dude ... he will scramble and scramble until he can scramble no more.